Abstract Background Postoperative bleeding following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remains a significant challenge. Although viscoelastic testing is increasingly used, the relative contributions of fibrinogen, platelet count and clot firmness to blood..
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Abstract Objectives: Platelet dysfunction is an important cause of postoperative bleeding after cardiac surgery. Protamine is routinely used for reversal of heparin after cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP), but may affect platelet..
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Abstract Essentials Strategies to improve platelet function may reduce excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery. Patients were randomized to standard care or standard care + noradrenaline infusion. Low‐dose noradrenaline improved intraoperative..
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Abstract Intraoperative auto-transfusion with the use of cell saver systems is routinely used to reduce the rate of packed red blood transfusion in major surgery. Nevertheless some concerns have been..
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